A woman hiker has died and another hiker is missing after a pair of avalanches
occurred in the Cascade Mountains in Washington state this weekend, authorities
said.
The woman's name has not been released. She was found not moving and
somewhat conscious after fellow hikers nearby dug her out of five feet of snow.
Rescuers "hiked her out through blizzard like conditions," Kings
County Sheriff officials said in a news release. Medics later confirmed she had
died.
The first avalanche took place around noon at Granite Mountain,
knocking three men who were on snowshoes to the ground. Two emerged injured
from the snow, however the third, a 60-year-old man, whose identity has not
been released, did not.
Due to poor weather conditions, the search was indefinitely suspended
today for the missing hiker.
when they're hit by the avalanche," Sgt. Katie Larson, spokeswoman
for the King County Sheriff's Office, told ABC News' Seattle affiliate KOMO-TV.
Larson said one of the men was carrying a GPS device, which showed they
were carried 1,200 feet down
the mountain at speeds up to 53 miles per hour.
One of the rescued snowshoers has a shoulder injury, while the other
injured his hamstring, she said.
The second avalanche occurred at Red Mountain, a half hour after the
first, striking 12 snowshoers and the female hiker.
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